Title:Exploiting the synergy between ALMA and VLT/AO-IFU

Abstract:
For several years it has been a challenge to study high-z star-forming galaxies 
using both optical and sub-millimetre spectroscopy. I have proposed an extra-
galactic experiment to forge a synergy between the ALMA and VLT telescopes. I 
use a uniquely suited star-forming galaxy sample selected from the HiZELS 
coverage in the UDS, COSMOS and SA22 fields. The sample is located near bright 
stars that aid AO-assisted IFU H-alpha imaging with SINFONI at 0.15'''' 
resolution. These IFU observations have shown that these galaxies present large 
ionised gas complexes in rotating disks (approximately 50% of the light is in 
the form of clumps), allowing an estimate of inclination, asymptotic rotation 
speed and dynamical mass. I lead a SINFONI-ALMA campaign to follow-up these 
observations and measure the available reservoir of molecular gas mass via the 
CO(2--1) emission and the spatial distribution of the cold dust at matched 
resolution. These observations will provide key insights into the drivers of 
the star-formation (and its efficiency) at z=0.84, 1.47 and 2.23, near the peak 
of the cosmic star-formation activity, where galaxies were assembling most of 
their stellar mass.